Wallachian settlers in the Baltic Sea region. A humanist tale of migration and colonization, and its implications for the mental maps of early modern Europe
Abstract:During the 1550s, humanists at the University of Wittenberg in Germany first suggested that Wallachians from present-day Romania had migrated to the Baltic Sea, settled in Livonia and became the ancestors of Estonians and Latvians. This colonization allegedly took place at some time in the...
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| Language: | English |
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The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.arsbn.ro/wallachian-settlers-in-the-baltic-sea-region.htm |